Rail-joint.



Patented Sept. 24, |9o|.'

J. GILLEN. BAIL JOINT.

(Application filed July 25, 1901.

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PATENT JOHN GILLEN, OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS.

RAIL-JOINT.

SFECIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 683,085, datedSeptember 24, 1901.

Application filed July 25, 1901.

To to whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN GILLEN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Fort WVorth, in the county of Tarrant and State of Texas,have invented a new and useful Rail-Joint, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to railway-rail joints, and has for its object topresent a simple, durable, inexpensive, and readily-constructedappliance which when placed in position to span tw'o rails will relieveall strain from the ends of the rails caused by the weight and jar ofthe rolling-stock in passing over them, that will operate to reinforcethe rails at their points of juncture to hold the treads true and even,and may be readily manufactured and applied to use without necessitatingany change in the structural arrangement of the existing rail.

With these and other objects in view, as will appear as the nature ofthe invention is better understood, the same consists in the novelconstruction and the combination of parts of a railway-rail joint, aswill be hereinafte'rfully described,and particularly pointed out in theclaims.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of the specification, andin which like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts, I haveillustrated a form of embodiment of my invention capable of carrying myideas into eifect, it being understood that the elements hereinexhibited may be varied or changed as to shape, proportions, and exactmanner ofassemblage without departingfrom the scope of my invention.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a view in perspective, exhibiting arailway-rail joint or chair with two sections of rail seated therein.Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the chair with the rails detached. Fig.3 is a view in transverse section, taken on the line 3 3, Fig. 1. Fig. 4is a perspective detail view of the section of one of the rails,exhibiting the boltopening therein by which expansion and contraction ofthe rail are permitted. Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of one ofthe fishplates. 7

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates the chair, 2 the rails, and 3the fish-plates. The

chair 1, which constitutes the essential fea-- ture of the presentinvention, is constructed Serial No. 69,695. (No model.)

thereof, as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 3.

The chair is provided throughout its length with a channel 6 of a shapeto closely hug the base of the rail, it being the object of the presentinvention to have the assemblage between the rails and the chair of suchcharacter that the employment of fish-plates for holding the railsassembled will not be absolutely essential. That is to'say, should thebolts holding the fish-plates together be destroyed, so that thefish-plates would drop away from the rails, the chair would still beeffective for holding the rails in operative position. is provided withtwo or more recesses 7, adapted to receive the spikes by which the chairEach side of the base of the chair is held in position upon thecross-ties, and I intermediate of its ends the chair is transverselyrecessed, as at 8, the object of this re cess being to provide means topermit attachment to the rails of the fish-plates.

When the chair is to be associated with the ends of two rails, these areslipped into the .chair, after which the latter is secured upon thecross-ties in a ready manner. The fishplates are then placed against thesides of the web of the rail, and bolts 9 are passed througho'penings'at each end of the fish plates and through two openings 10 inthe web of the rail, these latter openings, as shown in Fig. 4, beingelongated to permit of the requisite expansion and contraction of therails without interference'with the fishplates.

In constructing the chair the rail-receiving recess is to be made ofsuch size as while embracing the base, web, and tread of the rails withsufficient closeness to prevent any rattling or Vibration of the railsit will permitlateral expansion of the rails, thereby obviating anydanger of damage to the chair.

As will be appreciated from the foregoing description, the chair of thisinvention is ex ceedingly simple of construction, and its application toan ordinary railway-rail Will not require any change in itsconstruction, so that the device will be adaptable to any rail wayemploying standard-gage rails.

Having thus fully described 'my invention, What I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A railway-rail chair constructed of a solid piece of metal providedthroughout its length with a rail-receivin g channel of ashape closelyto embrace the base-Web and under side of the tread of the rail, thechair being provided near its extremities with recesses to be engaged bythe holding-spikes, and intermediate of its ends with a transverserecess to permit application of the fish-plates to the rails.

2. The combination with a railway rail chair provided with alongitudinal rail-receiving recess shaped to conform to the contour ofthe base, web, and under side of the JOHN GILLEN.

Witnesses:

O. T. Soon, 0. W. RAMSEY.

